MIAMI — Spurs point guard Tony Parker left Saturday's 121-96 preseason loss to Miami in the third quarter after banging a finger on the camera of a photographer seated on the baseline.

Parker's left hand is fine, but his coach was not thrilled with the cameraman's proximity to the court.

“It's a danger waiting to happen,” Gregg Popovich said.

It wasn't the first time a Spurs player has been nicked by a civilian getting too close to the action.

Stephen Jackson sprained an ankle last season at Madison Square Garden tripping on a courtside waitress. In 2010, George Hill sprained an ankle after landing on a baseline photographer in Dallas.

“It's kind of like when you're in your neighborhood. You keep telling people you need a stop sign, and they don't change it until a kid gets killed and then they put up a stop sign,” Popovich said. “Somebody of stature is going to get seriously hurt by one of those guys, and then all hell will break loose.”

Parker left Saturday's game scoreless with three turnovers in 18 minutes.

Spreading the Heat distaste: The 12 holdovers from last season's Spurs roster weren't the only ones experiencing some negative flashbacks upon entering AmericanAirlines Arena.

Both of the team's offseason free-agent additions also saw their 2012-13 campaigns end in Miami — Marco Belinelli with Chicago and Jeff Ayres with Indiana.

Ayres, who changed his surname from Pendergraph during the offseason, was ejected from Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals for grappling with the Heat's Norris Cole.

Ayres felt no love lost in Miami after switching to the Spurs.

“That's what it felt like,” Ayres said. “People were trying to take out my knees and stuff. I was like, it's preseason take a chill pill.”

Auditioning with the enemy: Roger Mason Jr. has played for three teams in three seasons since leaving the Spurs after the 2009-10 campaign. Now in Miami on a camp contract, the 33-year-old combo guard is attempting to make it four.

“I'm trying to get me a (championship) ring,” Mason said. “That's why I signed up.”

Mason stands a good shot of making the 15-man roster for the Heat, who are looking for a replacement for Mike Miller, the sharpshooter they waived in the offseason.

Mason, who played in 161 games in two seasons with the Spurs, still keeps in touch with his San Antonio teammates.

“Tony was mad at me for signing here,” Mason said, “but he said, 'It's a great fit for you.'”